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2007-11-15 India-Pakistan

U.S. Examines Plan B for Supplying Troops in Afghanistan

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-11-15 14:03|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Seize a 30 mile wide corridor from the port?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-11-15 14:48|| 2007-11-15 14:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Could somebody post a map of Iran with a horizontal line at 34.40N Latitude, please? That graphic would give the military planners a "Clue".

Posted by Mullah Richard 2007-11-15 14:49|| 2007-11-15 14:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Bandar Abbas to Herat looks to be an easier path Mullah Richard.

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-15 16:09|| 2007-11-15 16:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Son of a gun. That line is roughly the one between Baghdad and Herat. Whodathunkit.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-11-15 16:15|| 2007-11-15 16:15|| Front Page Top

#5 For that matter, 3dc, one could go from Chabahar to Herat, splitting off Sistan va Baluchestan in the process. The Baluchis would reunite with their Pak Baluchi cousins, and they'd be grateful to us (for a minute).

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-11-15 16:16|| 2007-11-15 16:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, maybe that would revive John Baluchi's career, if nothing else would.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2007-11-15 16:56|| 2007-11-15 16:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, Steve, I was looking at that line but the roads look a little thin on the maps. Likely filled with opium smugglers and what not. It does have promise though.

Seabees or Engineers might be able to make something of it.

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-15 16:59|| 2007-11-15 16:59|| Front Page Top

#8 U.S. Examines Plan B for Supplying Troops in Afghanistan.. Southern Route

Shortest overland route from the Arabian Sea to A-stan cuts through Baluchistan. We've already had dealings & contact with the Baluchs so it's entirely possible to cut new deals and Trade the Baluchs for "escorts" visa-vi supply routes.

These maps are very useful for Plan B --->>Supplying Troops in Afghanistan
Ethnographic map A-stan

Large Nato MAP. Afghanistan's Nimroz, Khandar and Helmut Provinces are the closest Provinces to the Arabian Sea

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-11-15 18:02|| 2007-11-15 18:02|| Front Page Top

#9 These maps are very useful for Plan B...

for RB discussion *NOT* real planning..lol!

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-11-15 18:10|| 2007-11-15 18:10|| Front Page Top

#10 I thought Plan B was what you used if you and your boyfriend made a bad mistake….

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-11-15 22:18|| 2007-11-15 22:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Transportation Map of the region around Afghanistan from a few years ago

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-15 22:44|| 2007-11-15 22:44|| Front Page Top

#12 corner map

Old including trails

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-15 23:02|| 2007-11-15 23:02|| Front Page Top

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